Australian Humanist

“…there are a million different ways things can go wrong, but only a few deceptively simple ways things can get better…”

by Rod Bower

My name is Chris. I’m a 16-year-old high school student who loves the beach and hates homework! Until recently, I was just another normal…

Dr Neville Buch is a scholar in studies in religion and Australian-American intellectual history. He was a higher education policy…

Kay Scurr is Exit International Tasmania Co-ordinator and is a nurse/counsellor recently retired from the Royal Hobart Hospital in…

By Jessica McDonald Jessica is a PhD Researcher at the Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, University of Queensland…

By Chrys Stevenson

by Dr Heidi Nicholl, CEO Humanists Australia

Tara Winkler is a child protection leader and activist. She is co-founder of the Cambodian Children’s Trust, an organisation working to…

Chrys Stevenson asks if religious ANZAC Day services are against the very ethos of irreligious inclusive digger spirit.

Some people may learn about Humanism later in life — and realise they have essentially been a humanist all along without knowing it. This…

Ronnie is OK with being agnostic — he’s OK with the uncertainty that presents. The problem is, others don't seem to be. The temperature of…

Empathy is at the heart of humanist philosophy. By practicing empathy, and letting it influence our actions, Chrys Stevenson believes we…

Admiring the aesthetic values of life and the world around us shouldn’t be underestimated. Our home is vast, diverse, and beautiful…

Young Australians are increasingly less religious and are actively trying to create social change through high volumes of advocacy and…